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Vaughtia

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Vaughtia
Vaughtia transkeiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Vaughtia
Houart, 1995 [1]
Type species
Murex babingtoni Sowerby, G.B. III, 1892

Vaughtia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Vaughtia include:[2]

Synonyms

References

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  1. ^ Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda, Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae); Apex (Bruss) 10 (4), 20 decembre: 129
  2. ^ a b Vaughtia Houart, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 August 2012.
  3. ^ Vaughtia babingtoni (Sowerby, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Vaughtia dunkeri (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Vaughtia fenestrata (Gould, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Vaughtia gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1910). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Vaughtia hayesi (Lorenz, 1995). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Vaughtia jucunda (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. ^ Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ Vaughtia squamata Houart, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ Vaughtia transkeiensis (Houart, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Lussi M. (2012) Description of three new species of Vaughtia from off the Eastern Cape, South Africa with a revision of the genus (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricidae) from Southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 76: 5–13. [July 2012]
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